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Rifts in Russian military command seen amid Ukraine fighting

As Russian troops wage a ferocious house-to-house fight for control of strongholds in eastern Ukraine, a parallel battle is unfolding in the top echelons of military power in Moscow, with...

Published: Friday, January 13th, 2023 at 12:49AM
Updated: Friday, January 13th, 2023 at 10:11AM

Russian forces press deadly assault for breakthrough in east

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russia said Thursday that its forces are edging closer to capturing a salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine, which would mark an elusive victory for the Kremlin...

Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2023 at 6:09AM
Updated: Thursday, January 12th, 2023 at 1:32PM

Battle rages in Ukraine town; Russia shakes up its military

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- The fate of a devastated salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine hung in the balance Wednesday in one of the bloodiest battles of Russia's invasion, while Ukraine's...

Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 at 2:30AM
Updated: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 at 11:33PM

Trump executive Allen Weisselberg gets 5-month jail sentence

NEW YORK (AP) -- Allen Weisselberg, a longtime executive for Donald Trump 's business empire, was taken into custody Tuesday to begin serving a five-month jail term for dodging taxes...

Published: Monday, January 9th, 2023 at 11:29PM
Updated: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 at 4:12PM

Mega Millions swells to $1.1B after 3-month losing trend

CHICAGO (AP) -- After nearly three months of lottery losing, will someone break the trend Tuesday night and win a $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot? Regardless of how long it...

Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 at 7:59AM
Updated: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 at 3:28PM

'What madness looks like': Russia intensifies Bakhmut attack

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russian forces are escalating their onslaught against Ukrainian positions around the wrecked city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian officials said, bringing new levels of death and devastation in...

Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 at 3:06AM
Updated: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 at 3:19PM

New guidance: Use drugs, surgery early for obesity in kids

Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according...

Published: Monday, January 9th, 2023 at 6:16AM
Updated: Monday, January 9th, 2023 at 2:35PM

Ukraine school rejects Russian claim of troops killed there

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) -- Officials at a vocational school in an eastern Ukraine city dismissed claims by Russia that hundreds of Ukrainian troops were killed in a missile strike there,...

Published: Monday, January 9th, 2023 at 4:50AM
Updated: Monday, January 9th, 2023 at 12:50PM

New Mexico high court to hear congressional maps challenge

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- The New Mexico Supreme Court is expected to hear a case this week challenging the state's new congressional maps. The hearing scheduled Monday would come...

Sunday, January 8th, 2023 at 10:08PM

Russia claims deadly attack, but Kyiv denies anyone killed

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- The Russian military claimed Sunday to have carried out deadly missile strikes on barracks used by Ukrainian troops in retaliation for the deaths of dozens of...

Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 at 7:37AM
Updated: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 at 3:18PM

NM education chief retires as Cabinet turnover continues

David Scrase to step down as Human Services Department secretary

Biden picks Zients as his next White House chief of staff

NM General Services Department Secretary John Garcia to step down

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FDA moves to ease rules for blood donations from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is ... WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is moving to further ease restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men and other groups that typically ...

January 27, 2023 5:34PM

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Jay Leno breaks bones in motorcycle wreck months after ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two months ... LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two months after undergoing surgery for serious burns, Jay Leno is now contending with a number of broken bones after ...

January 27, 2023 8:54AM

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Ukrainian presidency: 10 killed in latest Russian shelling

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- A new ... KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- A new barrage of Russian shelling killed at least 10 Ukrainian civilians and wounded 20 others in a day, the ...

January 27, 2023 8:15AM

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New barrage of Russian strikes in Ukraine kills at ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russia fired ... KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russia fired more missiles and self-exploding drones at nearly a dozen Ukrainian provinces early Thursday, causing the first war-related death ...

January 26, 2023 2:27PM

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Controversy, frivolity mark day one of Paris Fashion Week

PARIS (AP) -- The pioneering Black ... PARIS (AP) -- The pioneering Black performer Josephine Baker -- who left the United States to find global fame in Paris in the 1920s ...

January 26, 2023 8:36AM

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The AP Interview: Pope says homosexuality not a crime

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis ... VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as 'unjust,' saying God loves all his children just as they are and ...

January 25, 2023 4:03PM

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US, Germany to send advanced tanks to aid Ukraine ...

BERLIN (AP) -- Germany and the ... BERLIN (AP) -- Germany and the United States announced Wednesday that they will send advanced battle tanks to Ukraine, offering what one expert called ...

January 25, 2023 2:42PM

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Prosecutors say they're seeking justice in Baldwin case, regardless ...

SANTA FE — Alec Baldwin ... SANTA FE — Alec Baldwin faces two types of manslaughter charges in a reckoning on gun safety and the film industry, with two ...

January 24, 2023 7:15PM

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Ukraine corruption scandal claims several top officials

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Several senior ... KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Several senior Ukrainian officials, including front-line governors, lost their jobs Tuesday in a corruption scandal plaguing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government ...

January 24, 2023 3:10PM